main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
is something that; is that which
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
contest; comparison; competition
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross